#Police uniform shoulder patch placement code#

Wearing the flag on the Scout uniform in the same manner as the military does not go against US Code Title 4 or US Code Title 36. Scouts are trained, where other lack knowledge. Scouts are strong, for others who donвЂ™t have the strength. Not everyone is strong enough for that sacrifice, not everyone has such a strong sense of duty. I wanted to be a soldier because Scouting taught me that not everyone can be a soldier. But when I was a Scout I wanted nothing more than to be a soldier. Retreating, if you will.ДЄs both a Scout and a soldier I can understand that Scouts are not soldiers. Watching that same parade the Scouts would be marching backwards. On the Boy Scout uniform the flag is turned the other way. Think of what the flag would look like in a parade if it were walking past you. That was not an accident, although to some it may look funny, the reason the flag is positioned that way is because the flag is flying in the direction of the wind.

Looking at a soldiers uniform you will see that the flag вЂњLooks backwardsвЂќ that is to say the stripes are on the left and the stars are on the right. Army both wear our countryвЂ™s standard on our right shoulder. I am not sure if you are aware, but the Scouts and the U.S. As a member of our nationвЂ™s military I have been deployed in the service of our country three times.

I am currently a 15-year member of the United States Army and a supporter of the Scouts when I have time to volunteer. I would first like to say that I am glad to have been a member of the Scouts when I was an adolescent. HereвЂ™s the original email and PeterвЂ™s response: Original letter He recently heard from a Scouter whoвЂ™s also a U.S. In this case thatвЂ™sВ Peter Self, team leader, youth development, program impact and council operations with the BSA. The key is to follow the guidelines of the organization responsible for the uniform in question.Д«ut for an even more detailed explanation, letвЂ™s check in with the expert. military uses the reverse-field flag and that either is correct. Flag Code, it is placed withВ the blue field to the flagвЂ™s own right (to the left, as someone views it).вЂќ On (of the 13th edition), it reads:В вЂњFollowing theВ guidelines of the U.S. I first blogged about this subject four and half years ago, and in the time since IвЂ™ve gotten this question quite a bit. flag on a pole while running forward, and youвЂ™ll get the picture. They, correctly, argue that the military reverses the flag so it looks as if the soldier is moving into battle, not retreating. soldier, youвЂ™ll see American flags on both.Д«ut thereвЂ™s one big difference.В While the Boy ScoutвЂ™s flag has the blue field of stars at the top left, the soldierвЂ™s flag is a reverse-field flag the field of stars is at the top right.Д«oth, as it turns out.В The American flag is pre-sewn on all Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Venturing uniform shirts, meaning itвЂ™s correctly placed when you buy it.Д«ut even though the BSA does the patch-placement work for you, some Scouters, especially those with military ties, have questioned the flagвЂ™s direction. If you look at the right sleeve of a Boy Scout and of a U.S.

Police uniform shoulder patch placement